acceptation
About 0.17 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The meaning (sense) in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received.
The term is to be used according to its usual acceptation.
- noun Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; the state of being acceptable.
- noun The active divine decision to approve an act or circumstance, held by Scotists to be necessary to render it meritorious.
Similar words
word meaning word sense acceptance acception acceptaunce embracement recognition approval understanding uptake
Often followed by
of in and de is it du as with
Word family
acceptations
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